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The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line
★ 7.0/10•1955•2h 18m•NR•Comedy•Drama

Warms Your Heart! STIRS YOUR BLOOD! and fires your imagination!

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.

Edward Hope · Screenplay

John Ford · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 18m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 4, 1955

Actors

Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

Martin Maher

Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Mary O'Donnell

Robert Francis

Robert Francis

James Sundstrom Jr.

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Old Martin

Ward Bond

Ward Bond

Captain Herman Kohler

Betsy Palmer

Betsy Palmer

Kitty Carter

Philip Carey

Philip Carey

Chuck Dotson

William Leslie

William Leslie

James "Red" Sundstrom

Harry Carey Jr.

Harry Carey Jr.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Patrick Wayne

Patrick Wayne

Abner "Cherub" Overton

Sean McClory

Sean McClory

Dinny Maher

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

Corporal Rudolph Heinz

Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

Captain John J. Pershing

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Mrs. Koehler

Walter Ehlers

Mike Shannon

Willis Bouchey

Willis Bouchey

Major Thomas

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